• Jean Christophe (6/6) Nov 14 2013 Hi :)
• =?UTF-8?B?QWxpIMOHZWhyZWxp?= (7/9) Nov 14 2013 char[] ?
• Jean Christophe (5/17) Nov 14 2013 Than you Ali :0

"Jean Christophe" <cybrarian live.fr> writes:

Hi :)

Has someone tested the maximum size of a D string variable for 
both 32 and 64 bits platforms ? Is it different from the maximum 
size of a char[] ?

Oo`

-- JC

=?UTF-8?B?QWxpIMOHZWhyZWxp?= <acehreli yahoo.com> writes:

On 11/14/2013 02:10 AM, Jean Christophe wrote:

 Has someone tested the maximum size of a D string variable for both 32
 and 64 bits platforms ? Is it different from the maximum size of a 

char[] ?

Both string and char[] are implemented in the same way: a size_t for 
length and a pointer to data. (D arrays know their sizes.)

So, the theoretical limit for both are size_t, which is the equivalent 
of uint or ulong dependending on 32-bit versus 64-bit.

Ali

"Jean Christophe" <cybrarian live.fr> writes:

Than you Ali :0
I assume it is for UTF8 encoding.
That's quite large enough.

JC

On Thursday, 14 November 2013 at 11:50:28 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
 On 11/14/2013 02:10 AM, Jean Christophe wrote:

 Has someone tested the maximum size of a D string variable

 for both 32
 and 64 bits platforms ? Is it different from the maximum size

 of a char[] ?

 Both string and char[] are implemented in the same way: a 
 size_t for length and a pointer to data. (D arrays know their 
 sizes.)

 So, the theoretical limit for both are size_t, which is the 
 equivalent of uint or ulong dependending on 32-bit versus 
 64-bit.

 Ali